{"id":87175,"date":"2020-03-02T10:19:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T04:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=14039"},"modified":"2020-03-02T10:19:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T04:49:11","slug":"india-is-host-to-457-migratory-fauna-shows-latest-cms-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-is-host-to-457-migratory-fauna-shows-latest-cms-list\/","title":{"rendered":"India is host to 457 migratory fauna, shows latest CMS list"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) for the first time compiled the list of migratory species of India under the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Globally, more than 650 species are listed under the CMS appendices<\/li><li>The total number of migratory fauna from India is 457 species with birds comprising 83% (380 species) of this figure. Further, there are 46 migratory mammal species and 24 migratory fish species.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Information:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) or the Bonn Convention<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is an intergovernmental treaty, concluded under the aegis of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). It acts as a framework convention and encourages its States Parties to conclude global or regional agreements.<\/li><li>It was signed in 1979 in Bonn, Germany, and entered into force in 1983<\/li><li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> conservation and sustainable use of migratory animals and their habitats<\/li><li>It is the only global convention specializing in the conservation of migratory species, their habitats and migration routes.<\/li><li><strong>Appendices of CMS:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Appendix I \u2013 Threatened Migratory Species<\/li><li>Appendix II \u2013 Migratory Species requiring international cooperation<\/li><li>Parties to the Convention: 129 parties including India<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zoological Survey of India<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is an organization for zoological research and studies to promote the survey, exploration, and research of the fauna in India.<\/li><li>It was established in 1916. It is headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal.<\/li><li>It functions under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Did you Know?<\/em><\/strong> India has three flyways (flight paths used by birds): the Central Asian flyway, East Asian flyway and East Asian\u2013Australasian flyway.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) for the first time compiled the list of migratory species of India under the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS). Facts: Globally, more than 650 species are listed under the CMS appendices The total number of migratory fauna from India is 457 species with birds comprising 83% (380 species) of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-is-host-to-457-migratory-fauna-shows-latest-cms-list\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India is host to 457 migratory fauna, shows latest CMS list<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4912,4922],"class_list":["post-87175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-cms","tag-migratory-species","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704801198},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}